Dominik Scherrer

Dominik is a British-Swiss composer who works from his studio in Spitalfields, London. An extremely fresh, innovative and resourceful composer, he has emerged as one of the most talented score composers of his generation.

His award-winning music can be heard on some of the finest television dramas made in recent years, earning him an Ivor Novello Award and RTS Award Nomination for Ripper Street, a 2015 Primetime Emmy Nomination for The Missing, and two further Ivor Novello Nominations, one for Amazon’s The Collection and the other for Marple, where Dominik’s iconic theme runs across all six series. Other landmark dramas include Inspector Calls and Monroe (series 1 & 2).

Equally accomplished in film scoring, Dominik’s credits include Alina Marazzi’s Tutto Parla Di Te (All About You), Scenes of a Sexual Nature starring Ewan McGregor and Hugh Bonneville The Truth, The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (Best Music Award at Spain’s Estapona Film Festival), Alice Through The Looking Glass starring Kate Beckinsale, and Appetite starring Ute Lemper, for whom he also wrote the title song, which reached No. 2 on the UK classical charts.

Dominik has his own avant-garde disco & video art duo, and composes performance music for the theatre. He also produces sound design and composition for fine art installations, most notably for artist Suki Chan. As composer/director, he has a new film-opera in development. It follows his kinetic opera for screen ‘Hell For Leather’, which premiered at Sundance and went on to win him 10 awards.

Crimson Noise

is Dominik Scherrer's studio in the Old Truman Brewery in
Spitalfields, London. Pro Tools HD and 5.1 surround equipped,
it also offers sound-post, voice overs and music production.

Requiem Soundtrack release

Dominik Scherrer's and Natasha Khan's soundtrack for Requiem will be released 9th February 2018 on Dubois Records.

Ivor Novello Nomination

Dominik's score for the acclaimed fashion drama The Collection has been nominated for the Ivor Novello Award for Best Soundtrack (24.4.17)

Requiem launches on BBC One

In collaboration with Natasha Khan / Bat for Lashes, Dominik composed the soundtrack for the Netflix / BBC supernatural thriller series Requiem. (2.2.18)

Ripper Street soundtrack review

Jon Broxton from the International Film Music Critics Association reviews Dominik's score for Ripper Street seasons 4 and 5 (24.4.17)

The Missing Season 2

12/10/16 BBC One launch the second series of the acclaimed thriller The Missing

Period drama
Just Henry

Primeval
Soundtrack release

20.9.11 MovieScore
Media release Dominik Scherrer's stirringly dramatic,
exciting and entertaining original television score
featuring over 75 minutes of music. Available on iTunes
and on CD.

Ivor Novello
Award Nomination

20.4.11: Dominik's score for Agatha Christie's Marple
Series V is one of three nominated scores for the Ivor
Novello Award for Best Television Soundtrack.

Monroe Soundtrack

4.4.11: Due to overwhelming demand, Mammoth Screen
in conjunction with EMI are releasing Dominik's score
from the ITV series. Available now on iTunes,
and limited edition is available from
this site.

Monroe

2.3.2011 Dominik scored Mammoth Screen's new six part
drama Monroe, starring James Nesbitt and directed by
Paul McGuigan. It premieres 10th March 2011 on ITV1
at 9pm.

Christopher
and His Kind

23.10.10: Dominik scored this new BBC drama starring
Matt Smith and Imogen Poots, based on Christopher Isherwood's
novel of the same name, set in 1930s Berlin.

George Gently
- Series Three

26.9.10: Martin Shaw returns as the 1960s detective
in a new series of Inspector George Gently, premiering
tonight on BBC1.

Marple Season
5 premiere

30.8.10: A new series of Agatha Christie's Marple premieres
tonight on ITV1 with The Pale Horse, an adaptation of
the 1961 novel.

U Be Dead

5.9.10: Thriller based on the true story of stalker
Maria Marchese, and her dangerous obsession with a doctor
(David Morrissey) premieres on ITV1 with a suspenseful
score by Dominik

Somnambu
at Glastonbury

19.5.10: Dominik Scherrer scored the spectacular show
Somnambu, which will be performed for three nights at
this year's Glastonbury Festival. Watch the trailer
here.

Interview
on buysoundtrax.com

20.3.10: Randall Larson published an extensive
interview with Dominik Scherrer about his score
for Primeval and some of his feature film scores.

Edmond at
Wilton's Music Hall

14.12.09: Elliot Cowan makes his directorial debut
in this unpredictable, promenade production of David
Mamet's play, with Dominik's sound design.

Marple fourth
series on ITV1

6.9.09 The fourth series of Agatha Christie’s
Marple starts on ITV1, starring Julie McKenzie as the
new Miss Marple, as well as Matthew McFadyen, Shirley
Henderson, Joan Collins, Brian Cox and many more familiar
faces.

Locarno Festival

11.8.09: Georg Lendorff’s short Beheading of
a Smiling Dog, scored by Dominik Scherrer, premieres
at the International Film Festival Locarno and will
travel on to Tampere, Sao Paolo, Budapest and Max Ophüls
Preis Festivals.

Honeytrap
OST release

8.8.07: Dominik Scherrer's haunting soundtrack for
the movie The Honeytrap is released
on CD, availbale from the usual outlets including Amazon
and iTunes.

Film score
completed

4.10.06 Dominik has just completed his score for the
Parallel Pictures movie Two Families.
Set in southern Italy's gangland, it stars Casper Zafer
and Richard Johnson.

Drama Life
Line on BBC1

16.4.07: Life Line, a two-part supernatural
love story written by Stephen Gallagher, starring Joanne
Whalley and Ray Stevenson, with music by Dominik Scherrer,
will air April 24th and April 26th on BBC One.

If I had
you on ITV

On ITV1 Sunday 7.5.06 at 9pm. Sarah Parish and Paul
McGann star in this one-off crime drama. Dominik's score
was recorded with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra
in Prague.

New period
drama 'Jericho'

Full length
documentary

Riveting, feature-length exposé, on HISTORY
CHANNEL , We can make you talk blends
documentary and live-action demonstrations to chronicle
the development of interrogation techniques. Score:
D. Scherrer

Best Score
Award in Spain

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz won the Best
Score Award at the Estepona Fantasy and Horror Festival
in October. The film also won Best Director. The Best
film award went to Dario Argento's new film "No
ho sonno".

Taxi Val
Mentek DVD released

Out now: DVD Hidden and Undone a collection
of films and animations by Taxi
Val Mentek. Available on
this website. There is also a new Taxi Val Mentek Website
with lots of pictures.